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Itikāf in the month of Shawwāl.

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Darussalam · Volume 3

33 - THE BOOK OF I'TIKĀF[i.e., to confine oneself in a mosque for Ṣalāt (prayers) and invocations leaving the worldly activities for a limited number of days].

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الحديث: 2041 ¦ الجزء: 3 ¦ الصفحة: 51

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2041. Narrated 'Amra bint 'Abdur-Raḥmān on the authority of 'Aīshah رضي الله عنها: Allāh's Messenger ﷺ used to practise Itikāf every year in the month of Ramaḍān. And after offering the morning Ṣalāt (prayer), he used to enter the place of his Itikāf. 'Aīshah asked his permission to let her practise Itikāf and he allowed her, and so she pitched a tent in the mosque. When Ḥāṣa heard of that, she also pitched a tent (for herself), and when Zainab heard of that, she too pitched another tent. When, in the morning, Allāh's Messenger ﷺ had finished the morning Ṣalāt (prayer), he saw four tents and asked, "What is this?" He was informed about it. He then said, "What made them do this? Is it Al-Birr (righteousness)? Remove the tents, for I do not want to see them." So, the tents were removed. The Prophet ﷺ did not perform Itikāf that year in the month of Ramaḍān, but did it in the last ten days of Shawwāl.

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2041 - حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدٌ هُوَ ابْنُ سَلاَمٍ، أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ فُضَيْلِ بْنِ غَزْوَانَ، عَنْ يَحْيَى بْنِ سَعِيدٍ، عَنْ عَمْرَةَ بِنْتِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ، عَنْ عَائِشَةَ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهَا، قَالَتْ: كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ، يَعْتَكِفُ فِي كُلِّ رَمَضَانٍ، وَإِذَا صَلَّى الغَدَاةَ دَخَلَ مَكَانَهُ الَّذِي اعْتَكَفَ فِيهِ، قَالَ: فَاسْتَأْذَنَتْهُ عَائِشَةُ أَنْ تَعْتَكِفَ، فَأَذِنَ لَهَا، فَضَرَبَتْ فِيهِ قُبَّةً، فَسَمِعَتْ بِهَا حَفْصَةُ، فَضَرَبَتْ قُبَّةً، وَسَمِعَتْ زَيْنَبُ بِهَا، فَضَرَبَتْ قُبَّةً أُخْرَى، فَلَمَّا انْصَرَفَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ مِنَ الغَدَاةِ أَبْصَرَ أَرْبَعَ قِبَابٍ، فَقَالَ: «مَا هَذَا؟»، فَأُخْبِرَ خَبَرَهُنَّ، فَقَالَ: «مَا حَمَلَهُنَّ عَلَى هَذَا؟ آلْبِرُّ؟ انْزِعُوهَا فَلاَ أَرَاهَا»، فَنُزِعَتْ، فَلَمْ يَعْتَكِفْ فِي رمَضَانَ حَتَّى اعْتَكَفَ فِي آخِرِ العَشْرِ مِنْ شَوَّالٍ

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